{"id":221343,"date":"2019-10-23T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/221343\/wrestlers-showcase-their-skills\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T14:45:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:45:31","slug":"wrestlers-showcase-their-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/10\/23\/wrestlers-showcase-their-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestlers showcase their skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sasol Lake Umusi Tournament was held in Secunda recently, and several young Raptors Wrestling Club members shone at the event.<\/p>\n<p>The 11 wrestlers brought home 11 gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal from the competition.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/220630\/raptors-bring-home-medals-and-titles-from-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptors bring home medals and titles from championships<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Some of the results were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tiaan Jansen van Rensburg competed in the u-6 freestyle division and won a gold medal.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 Taniqu\u00e9 Jansen van Rensburg competed in the u-8 female and freestyle divisions and won a gold medal in each event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Shannon Jansen van Rensburg competed in the u-11 female and freestyle divisions and won a gold in each event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Daniella de Wet competed in the u-11 female and freestyle divisions and won a gold medal in each event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dewald de Wet (junior) competed in the u-13 freestyle division and won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Anton Strydom competed in the u-7 freestyle division and won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Juan Vorster competed in the u-7 freestyle division and won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ada Smith competed in the u-11 freestyle division and won a gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ciara Deale competed in the female and freestyle divisions and won a silver medal in each event.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nathan van Niekerk competed in the u-7 freestyle division and won a silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Joubert Deale competed in the u-13 freestyle division and won a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/219696\/raptors-wrestlers-shine-at-brakpan-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raptors wrestlers shine at Brakpan Challenge<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cA noteworthy performance came from seven-year-old Strydom who beat a nine-year-old South African national champion at the event,\u201d said coach Dewald de Wet (Snr).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the club or how to join it, call head coach de Wet (Snr) on 083 611 7169, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:raptorswrestlingsa@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">raptorswrestlingsa@gmail.com<\/a> or visit the club\u2019s Facebook page by searching Raptors Wrestling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Also follow us on:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-210323\" 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